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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1989
James W Rose, Delmar, NY (US);
Theresa A Sitnik, Scotia, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A device containing a fluid material is sealed by sealant material placed essentially completely around the periphery of the device to join spaced apart first and second members of the device; and aperture is formed through the seal and the device interior is evacuated. Then fluid material is introduced into the device interior through the aperture and only a limited region of the device, confined substantially to the aperture is exposed to electromagnetic radiation from a laser or the like, to hermetically close the aperture when a photoreactive adhesive is injected into the aperture to cause the adhesive to solidify when contacted by the electromagnetic radiation. In an alternate embodiment, the aperture is filled with a plug of thermoplastic material, which is then selectively heat treated by a laser or the like to cause the plug to bind to the aperture boundary and hermetically enclose the fluid material.